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On June 10, 2013, members of the WGAE Digital Caucus visited the YouTube NextLab studios located in the Flatiron District for an informative content-creation workshop. Chris Chan Roberson, Studio Manager/Lead Producer of YouTube’s NYC studio, introduced WGAE members to YouTube’s various resources and programs. Highlights included a tour of production facilities, stages and editing bays, as […]

The Writers Guild of America, East applauds the co-sponsors of the expanded Digital Content NewFronts (DCNF), which will be presented in New York from April 19 to May 3. Modeled on the traditional television industry “up fronts,” the DCNFs offer digital-content creators and distributors the opportunity to market their work and their services to online […]

“I learned that a lot of people love writing about hipsters from Williamsburg. They’re like the new gay best friend,” observed the host of our first pitching competition, comedian Wayne Federman (writer for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon). Members pitched their web series ideas to digital media experts at our fast-paced and friendly competition. Pitches […]

On February 16, two dozen people gathered around the WGAE conference table to talk about digital media. People who commission and distribute digital programming, people who create it, and people who want to apply their storytelling skills in this new world. The conversation was robust and wide-ranging. Several participants offered detailed pointers on how to […]

On Friday, December 3, a WGAE contingent met with Michael Copps, one of the five members of the Federal Communications Commission. We discussed the consolidation of ownership of media companies, the downward financial pressures on broadcast news, and Net Neutrality. Commissioner Copps has been a stalwart and articulate supporter of the rights of communities and […]

New York and Los Angeles –The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) today announced the first-ever WGA New Media Writing Awards. In recognition of the great talent and work being exhibited on a wide variety of new media platforms, awards for Outstanding Achievement in Writing Original New Media […]

“Can we do this every week?” asked workshop leader Timothy Cooper. On the 28th, web series creators including Mesh Flinders [Lonelygirl15], Kathleen Grace [The ‘Burg] and Martha Byrne [Gotham], Josh Cohen the CIO of Tubefilter and many other experts came to the WGAE to lead a day of workshops for over 125 members and prospective […]

NEW YORK CITY — In a first for the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), web news writer/producers at Chicago CBS station WBBM voted unanimously to be represented by the Writers Guild, East on August 26th. These are the first news writer/producers working exclusively on web content to join the WGAE, the union that has […]